Cover for storage batteries.



' w. L. BLISS.

COVER FOR STORAGE BATTERIES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1?. 1914.

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

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WI LLIAM L'. BLISS, or NIAGARA FALLS, new YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO U. s. LIGHT & HEAT CORPORATION, or NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, A

ooRPonATIoN or NEW some COVER FORSTORAGE BATTERIES.

To all whom it may concern? Be it known that I, l VILLIAM L. Buss, a citizen of the United States; residing at N iagara- Fzills, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented new end usefulImprovements in Covers for Storage Batteries, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification. My invention relates to covers for storage ()ther objects of my invention Will hereinafter appear.

I have illustrated one embodiment of my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which v Figure 1 is perspective view of a. storage battery to which any invention has been so plied.

Fig. 2 is a, central vertical section thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top. view of battery with the cover in place. 7

Fig. 4 is it top view of the blank from which the shield is 'itorrned.

The storage battery 10 comprises a receptecleor jar 11 in which ere mounted a plurality of positive and negative battery plates 12. Each of the plates isprovided at one of its upper corners with a terminal log 13 that projects shove the top of the battery jar. The plates are alternately errangedin the jar with the logs of the negative plates all on one side and the logs of the positive I plates all on the other. The set of negative lugs, and the set of positivelogs ereeeoh provided with a terminal strap 14, bovine a vertical terminal post 15 connected thereto.

The battery is covered with o plate of glass or other suitable materiel it and e shield 17 substantielly tbsheped in cross W' Specification of Letters Patent.

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tion which straddles the plate. Theshield is formed from a. sheet of lead, or other suitable material, of sufficient size to provide a middle portion 1.8 that lies'flet across the top of the plate 16, and downwardly extend ing portions 19 at each end Which embrace two sides of the plate and extend for a considerable distance therebelow. A hold down Patented Nov 6, 1917. Application filed April17,1914. Serial No. ssgnee.

vsneees cO- PY rod 21 of glass, or other insulating neterial,

rests on the top of the plates to hold tlie'cus tomary separators, generally of Wood, from displacement. The downwardly extending portions 19 01? the shield are v preferably made long enough to hold this red down in place, in'which case the-usual holding projections on the battery plates may be dispensedwith.

The cover when completely assembled is of substantially the same width and breadth es the interior of the battery jar 11.- Iit is SIIPPOFtGi'l above the top of the jar onthe battery pieteflugs l3, and confined be tween the terminal posts The glass plate rests directly on the tops of the lugs and serves to insulate the "shield therefrom. As the lugs extend for a considerable tanco above the top of the jar, an open space is left between the bottom of the plate and the top of the jar. This space is closed on two sides by the downwardly extending portions 19 of the shield, which extend down into the top of the jar to assist in holding the cover against displacement.

is crises where the corners of the battery feral-e rounded the cornersof the glass plate may be" out oili' diagonally so that there will be nothing to project beyond the edges of the jar. v i

If desired the sides of strsps of the battery may be cut away as at 26 to prevent the shield from coming into contact with the straps or the terminal posts.

lessen the weight of the-cover.

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. Q the middle portion 18 the shield adjacent to the terminal 1 The middle portion of the'shiel'cl may also be perforated to save material and Both of the battery plates adjacent to the V vwithin the scope ofthe appended claims.

\Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In combination, a storage battery in which portions extend beyond the top of the battery jar and a cover therefor, said cover including an insulating plate supported by said projecting portions, and a channel memher in contact with said insulating plate and having the sides thereof extending .downwardly beyond the edges of the plate toward the edges of said receptacle.

2. The combination with a battery receptacle having members pro ecting above the top thereof of a cover supported by said members, said cover-having a substantially horizontal portion and downwardly extending orifice closing portions.

3. The combination with a battery receptacle having lugs extending above the top thereof of a cover supported by said lugs,

said cover having depending portions adapted to enter the top of said receptacle.

4. In combination, a battery receptacle, a plurality of plates mounted in said receptacle, said plates having members projecting above the top of said receptacle, and a cover supported by said members, said cover having downwardly extending orifice closing portions.

. 5. A cover for storage batteries including a substantially flat plate, and a member straddling said plate, said member having depending orifice closing portions.

6. A storage battery including an open ended battery receptacle, a plurality of battery plates within said receptacle having portions projecting beyond the open end thereof, a closure for said receptacle, said closure including an insulating plate supported on said projecting portions and retaining means for said plate fitting into the open end of said receptacle.

7. A storage battery including an open ended receptacle, a plurality of battery plates having portions extending above the edges thereof and having terminal posts at each side of the battery extending from said projecting portions, and a closure for said receptacle including an insulated portion supported on said projecting portions and held from displacement by said terminal posts and having depending portions fitting into the open end of said receptacle.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM L. BLISS. Witnesses:

G. H. BURRELL,

C. A. SCHAEFER. 

